The sixth-ranked Lady Chaparrals (24-4, 21-1) finished tied with top-ranked Oklahoma City (27-1, 21-1), with each team having won on the other’s home court. Oklahoma City will be the No. 1 seed at the SAC tournament this week in Siloam Springs, Ark., based on more non-conference wins against NAIA opponents.

LCU and Oklahoma City tied a single-season record held by two other teams with 21 victories in SAC play.

“It’s just a way to show all of our hard work through the year and how we’ve handled adversity in a very mature way,” LCU senior April Ehlers said. “It’s just a great accomplishment. It doesn’t happen every day, and I couldn’t have asked for a better team to accomplish that with.”

LCU will be the No. 2 seed and will play Northwestern Oklahoma State (13-14, 10-12) again in the first round of the tournament. The Lady Rangers are sure to spend the next few days trying to devise a way to contain Canavan, LCU’s 6-foot-1 junior center.

No one has lately.

Canavan scored a career-high 30 points in Saturday’s regular-season finale. In the final two weeks of the season, she also had two 26-point games and a 29-point performance. She set or matched career highs in four of the last five games.

The game was the last at home for LCU seniors Brittany Roberts, Ehlers from Cooper and Lena Kusic. Roberts scored 16 points, and Kusic drained a 3-point goal.

The Lady Chaparrals also got 13 points from Emily Atkins and 10 from Nicole Hampton while shooting nearly 54 percent for the game.

■ NW Oklahoma State 81

LCU men 73

LCU guard Rashad Sample didn’t have a point in the game’s first 30 minutes, but wound up scoring 19. Both Sample and his teammates got started too late, however.

Northwestern Oklahoma State got 20 points from guard Daryl Glover and 19 from backcourt mate Marshall Bell on the way to snapping a four-game losing streak.

LCU (15-14, 11-11), which had surged from ninth place in the SAC standings to alone in fifth after Thursday, slipped back into a three-way tie for fifth. The Chaps will be the No. 6 seed at this week’s conference tournament and will face 15th-ranked John Brown on the Golden Eagles’ home court in the first round.

After winning four of their previous five games, the Chaps couldn’t close with a bang in front of a Rip Griffin Center hoem crowd.

“I thought our effort was fairly lackluster,” LCU coach Todd Duncan said. “I don’t think it was anything intentional. I think the guys wanted to play. They were prepared to play, but we just didn’t come out with a lot of energy.

“We missed some shots early that maybe if they go down, they give us some confidence. It was just one of those games you feel like you were just kind of fighting it the whole way.”

Tyler Kennedy scored 15 points for LCU, and senior forward Douglas Williams had 10 in his final home game.

Northwestern Oklahoma State (12-17, 9-13) was playing to get into the conference tournament. The win moved the Rangers into a three-way tie for the eighth and final spot, but Oklahoma City won the tiebreaker for the No. 8 seed.

■ Wayland women 62

Oklahoma Christian 57

PLAINVIEW — Wayland Baptist senior Erika Raymond scored 21 points in her final game, helping the Flying Queens go out on a high note with a Sooner Athletic Conference win over Oklahoma Christian at Hutcherson Center.

Ashton Pedigo made two free throws with eight seconds left to ice the game.

Wayland (11-17, 9-13) missed the conference tournament. The Queens finished tied for eighth with SAC tournament host John Brown, but the Golden Eagles had the tiebreaker edge.

■ Oklahoma Christian 84

Wayland men 72

PLAINVIEW — Nick Tate scored 16 points and four teammates joined him in double digits as Oklahoma Christian spoiled Wayland Baptist’s season finale.

Eric Randall scored 14 points for Oklahoma Christian (17-12, 11-11), which will enter the SAC tournament as the No. 7 seed and face second-seeded Rogers State in the first round.

Wayland finished 11-19 and 5-17, getting 13 points apiece from George Williams and Jamie Eisinger. Robert Curtis added 12 for the Pioneers, and T.J. Jacobs and Bobby Watkins both chipped in 10.